Berit Smestad PaulsenBerit Smestad Paulsen is professor in Pharmacognosy at School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo. She has an M.pharm. from University of Oslo, and a PhD in chemistry from Royal Holloway college, University of London, UK. Her specialization is the study f biologically active compounds from plants used traditionally both in Norway, Europe, China, Mongolia, Mali and South Africa, with special focus on polysaccharides with effects on the immune system. Read More Read Less